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IEC's lists of candidates for South Africa's local...

What do a former Bok coach, an ex-police chief, a media personality and a poo-chucking activist have in common? They’re among the candidates contesting the local government elections.

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DA suspends Drakenstein councillor Damon Mintoor over gender-based violence allegations

Drakenstein Municipality DA Ward 3 councillor Damon Mintoor, who is accused of assaulting his common-law wife, has been suspended by the party for six months.

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News - Municipalities should respond better to needs...

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Author: Harlan Cloete
Municipal elections will be held later this year. In an opinion piece for
News24 (11 May), Dr Harlan Cloete from the School of Public Leadership points out why local government officials need to pay more attention to the problems of their communities.
Read the article below or click
here for the piece as published.
Harlan Cloete*
We recently celebrated 27 years of democracy. In many ways so much has changed and in so many ways nothing has changed in South Africa. We continue to be haunted by the demons of poverty, unemployment, inequality, and corruption. And can you believe it, there is still no consensus on who is African and who not.

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ANALYSIS | Why local government needs to be more responsive to its communities

News24/File
The 2021 local government elections could see the rise of smaller community-based parties outside of the metros, writes
Harlan Cloete.
We recently celebrated 27 years of democracy. In many ways, so much has changed, and in so many ways, nothing has changed in South Africa. We continue to be haunted by the demons of poverty, unemployment, inequality, and corruption. And can you believe it - there is still no consensus on who is African and who is not.
Freedom Day (27 April) was also an opportunity to examine further just how far we have travelled on our bumpy fragile democracy. Ours is a constitutional democracy, with the Constitution being the supreme law of the land, regulating the relationship between those in government and those being governed (governance). The Constitution calls for regular free and fair elections. On 27 October this year, we again have an opportunity to elect new local government leadership.

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